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Little Bookworm - A Big Book Reading Course

Introduction: that is a reading program that helps emergent readers to start reading and develops early reading strategies. Reading approaches evolve with children¡¦s progress from choral reading approach, paired reading to individual reading.

The program involves:

1. Big Book Reading - readers are carefully selected to provide wider and level-appropriate reading exposure to the children.
2. Handout Worksheet - to foster language-based knowledge and important concepts in reading like story sequences and text-illustration relation.
3. Extended Activities - craft, drawing and task-based activities to ensure understanding of the book and to develop critical and creative thinking.
4. Reading Sharing Time - to initiate children's spoken English abilities and to help them form and express their own opinions.

This is a progressive course that runs throughout the year. The initial phase includes the following titles that would be delivered in 6 one-hour sessions:

• 'Count to Ten' - Concept book on numbers
• 'Friends of All Colors' - Repetitive pattern book on colors
• 'My Big Buddy' - Repetitive pattern book on father-son relationship
• 'Excuse Me, Sir' - Cumulative pattern and a phonics reader
• 'May I Go Out?' - Question & Answer reader
• 'Who Can Be a Friend?' - Expository non-fiction book

Target Group: Kindergarten children aged from 3-5.

For more information on course schedule and enrollment, please contact us.